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Emile Zola Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was Emile Zola born? a) 4 February 1844 b) 2 April 1840 c) 23 August 1849 d) 30 December 1855 2. Where was Emile Zola born? a) Paris b) Nantes c) Amiens d) Fontainebleau 3. How many novels are in Emile Zola’s Les Rougon-Macquart series? a) 18 b) 14 c) 20 d) 24

1. When was Simon Boliver born? a) 24 July 1783 b) 1 April 1776 c) 14 March 1774 d) 16 December 1780 2. Where was Simon Boliver born? a) Valencia b) Caracas c) Lima d) Madrid 3. Who introduced Simon Boliver to the writings of European rationalist thinkers? a) Francisco Franco b) Felipe Gonzalez c) Simon Rodriguez d) Ferdinand Magellan

1. When did Karl Landsteiner win Nobel Prize for Medicine? a) 1930 b) 1939 c) 1914 d) 1936 2. When was Karl Landsteiner born? a) 24 January 1861 b) 14 June 1868 c) 15 September 1869 d) 30 November 1865 3. Where was Karl Landsteiner born? a) Linz b) Graz c) Weiz d) Vienna

1. What was Irving Berlin’s original name? a) Israel Isidore Baline b) Washington Irving c) Irving Wallace d) Harry Lillis Crosby 2. When was Irving Berlin born? a) 7 February 1884 b) 11 May 1888 c) 22 August 1889 d) 20 November 1885 3. Where was Irving Berlin born? a) Moscow b) St. Petersburg c) Mogilyov d) Yekaterinburg

(Napoleon Bonaparte is also known as Napoleon I and Napoleon the Great.) 1) Where was Napoleon born? a) Ajaccio b) Naples c) Mantua d) Venice 2) To whom was Napoleon engaged in 1794? a) Desiree Clary b) Julie Clary c) 1936 d) 1938 3) Who tried to block Napoleon from leaving Egypt? a) Robert Blake b) Horatio Nelson c) Richard Hawkins d) Godfrey Paine

Oregon Quiz Questions 1. When did Oregon become a state of USA? a) 14 February 1859 b) 18 May 1792 c) 11 July 1881 d) 7 December 1941 2. Which ocean is to the west of Oregon? a) Atlantic b) Pacific c) Indian d) Antarctic 3. Which state is to the north of Oregon? a) Florida b) Georgia c) Maryland d) Washington

James Ramsay Quiz Questions (James Ramsay is also known as Lord Dalhousie.) 1. When was James Ramsay governor general of India? a) 1848-1856 b) 1823-1828 c) 1858-1862 d) 1828-1835 2. When was James Ramsay born? a) 4 March 1808 b) 22 April 1812 c) 14 July 1816 d) 22 November 1814 3. Where was James Ramsay born? a) Edinburgh b) Winchester c) Belfast d) Midlothian

1. Whose official residence is 10 Downing Street? (Prime Minister of UK holds that post.) a) First Lord of the Admiralty b) Lord High Chancellor c) First Lord of the Treasury d) Lord High Chamberlain 2. When was the House at the Back that became part of 10 Downing Street constructed? a) 1530 b) 1642 c) 1483 d) 1680 3. Who built the townhouse from which present 10 Downing Street got its name? a) Christopher Wren b) George Downing c) William Shepherd d) George Villiers

1. What was Rajesh Khanna’s original name? a) Hamid Khan b) Jatin Khanna c) Yusuf Khan d) Ravi Kapoor 2. Where was Rajesh Khanna born? a) Ludhiana b) Lahore c) Amritsar d) Delhi 3. Which high school did Rajesh Khanna attend? a) St. Sebastian’s Goan High School b) Holy Family High School c) St. Joseph’s Anglo-Indian High School d) St. Stanislaus Kostka High School

1. When did Johannes Diderik van der Waals win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1905 b) 1910 c) 1914 d) 1918 2. When was Johannes Diderik van der Waals born? a) 5 February 1828 b) 14 June 1840 c) 19 September 1836 d) 23 November 1837 3. Where was Johannes Diderik van der Waals born? a) Hamburg b) Berlin c) Leiden d) Dusseldorf